ARGXargenx SE American Depositary Shares
ARGX Options Overview
Mixed signals. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
ARGX Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 57.3% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 0.60x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 29% — below sector median
Front/Back 0.81x — contango
Put/Call IV 1.16x — elevated
ATM IV 36.1% — normal range
Effective IV 48.6% (ATM 36.1% + spread 6.2% + bias) — excellent value
Total drag 10.48% (spread 6.23% + slippage 4.25%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 476.82 (vega 297.057 / spread 6.23%) — efficient
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +10% (bullish) — Raw: +14%
|OI skew| 15.6% — call-heavy
Vol skew -63.6%, OI skew +15.6% — divergent (opposite)
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: -75%, ATM: +75%, OTM: -13% — bearish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 91% — very bearish vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.5x avg — normal
Vol/OI 2.4% — normal turnover
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change +15.9% (5d) — building
Sector activity percentile 62% — active vs sector
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 32% — patient
Conviction +10 (bullish) — mixed
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 6.2% — wide
OI 7,405 — thin
Volume 176/day — thin
$0.31 to cross — cheap
1 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 70% — wider than sector
Depth 14.7 contracts (bid:7.3 ask:7.4) — thin
Avg slippage 4.25% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope -19.4% — contango
IV percentile 57% — neutral
IV kink -5.4pts — no clear event
θ/ν ratio 875.50 — favors income trades
4 liquid expirations — flexible
safe window: No earnings detected
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +10% @ 55% consistency — unclear
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.